IL1 Syracuse Mets

Chiefs Win Opener With Walk-Off

Published on April 8, 2010 under International League (IL1)
Syracuse Mets News Release


Syracuse, NY---The Syracuse Chiefs won the first game of the 2010 season Thursday in an 8-7 thriller over the Lehigh Valley IronPigs at Alliance Bank Stadiun. Pete Orr launched a walk off single in the bottom of the ninth inning to center field off of IronPigs reliever Ehren Wasserman to score Kevin Mench and secure the victory.

Lehigh Valley started the scoring early taking a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning. The Chiefs answered back in the second. A three run inning capped by a Seth Bynum two run homer put Syracuse in front. Both teams scored one run in the fourth and Syracuse led 4-2 through the next three innings.

In the eighth, the Iron Pigs put four runs on the board. Three of those came when catcher Paul Hoover tripled to center field off of Chiefs reliever Zech Zinicola. The Chiefs would answer back in the bottom of the inning with two runs of their own to tie the game at six.

In the top of the ninth, Lehigh Valley scored one run to break the tie. Heading to the bottom of the inning, Justin Maxwell grounded out to bring up Roger Bernadina. The Syracuse left fielder homered down the right field line to tie the game. Kevin Mench followed with a double. An intentional walk to Josh Whitesell put runners at first and second for Eric Bruntlett, who also walked. With the bases loaded, Pete Orr singled over the head of Dewayne Wise in centerfield to give Syracuse the walk off win.

The winning pitcher was Joel Peralta (1-0) in relief and the losing pitcher was Ehren Wasserman (0-1). The Chiefs and IronPigs play game two of a four game series Friday at Alliance Bank Stadium at 2 p.m.

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